List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population

The table below lists the 100 largest census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2011 census for census subdivisions.[1]

This list includes only the population within a census subdivision's boundaries as defined at the time of the census. Many census subdivisions are part of a larger census metropolitan area or census agglomeration. For their ranking, see the list of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada.

List

A city is displayed in bold if it is a provincial or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the province. All three territories and one province—Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Prince Edward Island—do not have cities with populations of 48,000 or more.

Rank Subdivision Province Type Land Area (2011) Population (2011) Population (2006) Population (2001) Population (1996) Change (2006–2011) Change (1996–2011)
1
Toronto Ontario City 630.2 km2 2,615,060 2,503,281 2,481,494 2,385,421 +4.47% +9.63%
2
Montreal Quebec Ville 365.1 km2 1,649,519 1,620,693 1,583,590 1,547,030 +1.78% +6.62%
3
Calgary Alberta City 825.3 km2 1,096,833 988,193 879,003 768,082 +10.99% +42.80%
4
Ottawa Ontario City 2,790.2 km2 883,391 812,129 774,072 721,136 +8.77% +22.50%
5
Edmonton Alberta City 684.4 km2 812,201 730,372 666,104 616,306 +11.20% +31.79%
6
Mississauga Ontario City 292.4 km2 713,443 668,549 612,000 544,382 +6.72% +31.06%
7
Winnipeg Manitoba City 464.1 km2 663,617 633,451 619,544 618,477 +4.76% +7.30%
8
Vancouver British Columbia City 115.0 km2 603,502 578,041 545,671 514,008 +4.40% +17.41%
9
Brampton Ontario City 266.3 km2 523,911 433,806 325,428 268,251 +20.77% +95.31%
10
Hamilton Ontario City 1,117.2 km2 519,949 504,559 490,268 467,799 +3.05% +11.15%
11
Quebec City Quebec Ville 454.1 km2 516,622 491,142 476,330 467,728 +5.19% +10.45%
12
Surrey British Columbia City 316.4 km2 468,251 394,976 347,820 304,477 +18.55% +53.79%
13
Laval Quebec Ville 247.1 km2 401,553 368,709 343,005 330,393 +8.91% +21.54%
14
Halifax Nova Scotia Regional municipality 5,490.3 km2 390,096 372,679 359,111 342,851 +4.67% +13.78%
15
London Ontario City 420.6 km2 366,151 352,395 336,539 325,669 +3.90% +12.43%
16
Markham Ontario City 212.6 km2 301,709 261,573 208,615 173,383 +15.34% +74.01%
17
Vaughan Ontario City 273.5 km2 288,301 238,866 182,022 132,549 +20.70% +117.51%
18
Gatineau Quebec Ville 343.0 km2 265,349 242,124 226,696 217,591 +9.59% +21.95%
19
Longueuil Quebec Ville 115.6 km2 231,409 229,330 225,761 225,722 +0.91% +2.52%
20
Burnaby British Columbia City 90.6 km2 223,218 202,799 193,954 179,209 +10.07% +24.56%
21
Saskatoon Saskatchewan City 209.6 km2 222,189 202,340 196,861 193,653 +9.81% +14.74%
22
Kitchener Ontario City 136.8 km2 219,153 204,668 190,399 178,420 +7.08% +22.83%
23
Windsor Ontario City 146.3 km2 210,891 216,473 209,218 197,694 −2.58% +6.68%
24
Regina Saskatchewan City 145.5 km2 193,100 179,246 178,225 180,404 +7.73% +7.04%
25
Richmond British Columbia City 129.3 km2 190,473 174,461 164,345 148,867 +9.18% +27.95%
26
Richmond Hill Ontario Town 101.0 km2 185,541 162,704 132,030 101,725 +14.04% +82.39%
27
Oakville Ontario Town 138.9 km2 182,520 165,613 144,738 128,405 +10.21% +42.14%
28
Burlington Ontario City 185.7 km2 175,779 164,415 150,836 136,976 +6.91% +28.33%
29
Greater Sudbury Ontario City 3,227.4 km2 160,274 157,857 155,219 165,336 +1.53% −3.06%
30
Sherbrooke Quebec Ville 353.5 km2 154,601 147,427 138,785 136,883 +4.87% +12.94%
31
Oshawa Ontario City 145.7 km2 149,607 141,590 139,051 134,464 +5.66% +11.26%
32
Saguenay Quebec Ville 1,126.5 km2 144,746 143,692 147,133 152,811 +0.73% −5.28%
33
Lévis Quebec Ville 449.3 km2 138,769 130,006 121,999 103,750 +6.74% +33.75%
34
Barrie Ontario City 77.4 km2 135,711 128,430 103,710 79,191 +5.67% +71.37%
35
Abbotsford British Columbia City 375.6 km2 133,497 123,864 115,494 105,403 +7.78% +26.65%
36
St. Catharines Ontario City 96.1 km2 131,400 131,989 129,170 130,926 −0.45% +0.36%
37
Trois-Rivières Quebec Ville 288.9 km2 131,338 126,323 122,395 124,417 +3.97% +5.56%
38
Cambridge Ontario City 113.0 km2 126,748 120,371 110,372 101,429 +5.30% +24.96%
39
Coquitlam British Columbia City 122.3 km2 126,456 114,565 112,890 101,820 +10.38% +24.20%
40
Kingston Ontario City 451.2 km2 123,363 117,207 114,195 112,605 +5.25% +9.55%
41
Whitby Ontario Town 146.5 km2 122,022 111,184 87,413 73,794 +9.75% +65.35%
42
Guelph Ontario City 87.2 km2 121,688 114,943 106,170 95,821 +5.87% +27.00%
43
Kelowna British Columbia City 211.6 km2 117,312 106,707 96,288 89,442 +9.94% +31.16%
44
Saanich British Columbia District municipality 103.8 km2 109,752 108,265 103,654 101,388 +1.37% +8.25%
45
Ajax Ontario Town 67.1 km2 109,600 90,167 73,753 64,430 +21.55% +70.11%
46
Thunder Bay Ontario City 328.2 km2 108,359 109,140 109,016 113,662 −0.72% −4.67%
47
Terrebonne Quebec Ville 154.7 km2 106,322 94,703 80,536 75,116 +12.27% +41.54%
48
St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador City 446.0 km2 106,172 100,646 99,182 101,936 +5.49% +4.16%
49
Langley British Columbia District municipality 308.0 km2 104,177 93,726 86,896 80,179 +11.15% +29.93%
50
Chatham-Kent Ontario Municipality 2,458.1 km2 103,671 108,177 107,341 109,950 −4.17% −5.71%
51
Delta British Columbia District municipality 180.1 km2 99,863 96,723 96,950 95,411 +3.25% +4.67%
52
Waterloo Ontario City 64.0 km2 98,780 97,475 86,543 77,949 +1.34% +26.72%
53
Cape Breton Nova Scotia Regional municipality 2,433.4 km2 97,398 102,250 105,968 114,733 −4.75% −15.11%
54
Brantford Ontario City 72.5 km2 93,650 90,192 86,417 86,417 +3.83% +8.37%
55
Strathcona County Alberta Specialized municipality 1,180.6 km2 92,490 82,511 71,986 64,176 +12.09% +44.12%
56
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec Ville 225.8 km2 92,394 87,492 79,600 76,461 +5.60% +20.84%
57
Red Deer Alberta City 104.3 km2 90,564 82,772 67,829 60,080 +9.41% +50.74%
58
Pickering Ontario City 231.6 km2 88,721 87,838 87,139 78,989 +1.01% +12.32%
59
Kamloops British Columbia City 299.2 km2 85,678 80,376 77,281 76,394 +6.60% +12.15%
60
Clarington Ontario Municipality 611.3 km2 84,548 77,820 69,834 60,615 +8.65% +39.48%
61
North Vancouver British Columbia District municipality 160.8 km2 84,412 82,562 82,310 80,418 +2.24% +4.97%
62
Milton Ontario Town 363.2 km2 84,362 53,939 31,471 32,104 +56.40% +162.78%
63
Nanaimo British Columbia City 91.3 km2 83,810 78,692 73,000 70,130 +6.50% +19.51%
64
Lethbridge Alberta City 122.4 km2 83,517 74,637 67,374 63,053 +11.90% +32.46%
65
Niagara Falls Ontario City 209.7 km2 82,997 82,184 78,815 76,917 +0.99% +7.90%
66
Repentigny Quebec Ville 61.8 km2 82,000 76,237 72,218 70,677 +7.56% +16.02%
67
Victoria British Columbia City 19.5 km2 80,017 78,057 74,125 73,405 +2.51% +9.01%
68
Newmarket Ontario Town 38.3 km2 79,978 74,295 65,788 57,125 +7.65% +40.01%
69
Brossard Quebec Ville 45.2 km2 79,273 71,154 65,026 65,927 +11.41% +20.24%
70
Peterborough Ontario City 63.8 km2 78,698 74,898 71,446 69,742 +5.07% +12.84%
71
Chilliwack British Columbia City 261.5 km2 77,936 69,217 62,567 60,186 +12.60% +29.49%
72
Maple Ridge British Columbia District municipality 266.8 km2 76,052 68,949 63,169 56,173 +10.30% +35.39%
73
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario City 223.3 km2 75,141 74,948 74,566 80,054 +0.26% −6.14%
74
Kawartha Lakes Ontario City 3,083.1 km2 73,214 74,561 69,179 67,926 −1.81% +7.78%
75
Sarnia Ontario City 164.7 km2 72,366 71,419 70,876 72,738 +1.33% −0.51%
76
Prince George British Columbia City 318.3 km2 71,974 70,981 72,406 75,510 +1.40% −4.68%
77
Drummondville Quebec Ville 246.9 km2 71,852 67,392 63,029 58,588 +6.62% +22.64%
78
Saint John New Brunswick City 315.8 km2 70,063 68,043 69,661 72,494 +2.97% −3.35%
79
Moncton New Brunswick City 141.2 km2 69,074 64,128 61,046 59,313 +7.71% +16.46%
80
Saint-Jérôme Quebec Ville 90.5 km2 68,456 63,729 59,614 59,533 +7.42% +14.99%
81
New Westminster British Columbia City 15.6 km2 65,976 58,549 54,656 49,350 +12.69% +33.69%
82
Wood Buffalo Alberta Specialized municipality 63,637.5 km2 65,565 51,496 41,445 35,213 +27.32% +86.20%
83
Granby Quebec Ville 152.7 km2 63,433 47,637 44,121 43,316 +33.16% +46.44%
84
Norfolk County Ontario City 1,607.6 km2 63,175 62,563 60,847 60,534 +0.98% +4.36%
85
St. Albert Alberta City 48.3 km2 61,466 57,719 53,081 46,888 +6.49% +31.09%
86
Medicine Hat Alberta City 112.0 km2 60,005 56,997 51,249 46,783 +5.28% +28.26%
87
Caledon Ontario Town 688.2 km2 59,460 57,050 50,605 39,893 +4.22% +49.05%
88
Halton Hills Ontario Town 276.3 km2 59,008 55,289 48,184 42,390 +6.73% +39.20%
89
Port Coquitlam British Columbia City 29.2 km2 56,342 52,687 51,257 46,682 +6.94% +20.69%
90
Fredericton New Brunswick City 131.7 km2 56,224 50,535 47,580 46,507 +11.26% +20.89%
91
Grande Prairie Alberta City 72.8 km2 55,032 47,076 36,983 31,353 +16.90% +75.52%
92
North Bay Ontario City 319.1 km2 53,651 53,966 52,771 54,332 −0.58% −1.25%
93
Blainville Quebec Ville 55.1 km2 53,510 46,493 36,029 29,603 +15.09% +80.76%
94
Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec Ville 188.7 km2 53,236 51,616 50,394 50,027 +3.14% +6.41%
95
Aurora Ontario Town 49.8 km2 53,203 47,629 40,167 34,857 +11.70% +52.63%
96
Welland Ontario City 81.1 km2 50,631 50,331 48,402 48,411 +0.60% +4.59%
97
Shawinigan Quebec Ville 733.5 km2 50,060 51,904 52,040 56,721 −3.55% −11.74%
98
Dollard-des-Ormeaux Quebec Ville 15.1 km2 49,637 48,930 48,206 47,826 +1.44% +3.79%
99
Belleville Ontario City 247.2 km2 49,454 48,821 46,029 46,195 +1.30% +7.05%
100
North Vancouver British Columbia City 11.8 km2 48,196 45,165 44,303 41,475 +6.71% +16.20%

Gallery

Toronto
Montreal
Calgary
Ottawa
Edmonton
Mississauga
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Brampton
Hamilton
Quebec City
Surrey
Laval
Halifax
London
Markham
Vaughan
Gatineau
Longueuil
Burnaby
Saskatoon
Kitchener
Windsor
Regina
Richmond
Richmond Hill
Oakville
Burlington
Greater Sudbury
Sherbrooke
Oshawa
Saguenay
Lévis
Barrie
Abbotsford
St. Catharines
Trois-Rivières
Cambridge
Coquitlam
Kingston
Whitby
Guelph
Kelowna
Saanich
Ajax
Thunder Bay
Terrebonne
St. John's
Langley
Chatham-Kent

Highest growth, 2006–2011

The following is a list of the 15 census subdivisions in Canada with a population of 5,000 or greater that experienced the highest percentage of population growth between the 2006 and 2011 censuses as published by Statistics Canada.[2]

Subdivision Population (2011) Population (2006) Change (2006–2011)
Milton, Ontario (town) 84,362 53,889 +56.55%
Martensville, Saskatchewan (city) 7,716 4,978 +55.00%
Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario (town) 37,628 24,390 +54.28%
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval (municipalité) 5,696 3,790 +50.29%
Chestermere, Alberta (city) 14,824 9,923 +49.39%
Warman, Saskatchewan (city) 7,084 4,769 +48.54%
Beaumont, Alberta (town) 13,284 8,961 +48.24%
Airdrie, Alberta (city) 42,564 28,927 +47.14%
Leduc, Alberta (city) 24,279 16,967 +43.10%
Okotoks, Alberta (town) 24,511 17,150 +42.92%
La Broquerie, Manitoba (rural municipality) 5,198 3,659 +42.06%
Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador (town) 17,695 12,584 +40.62%
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec (ville) 15,689 11,311 +38.71%
Blackfalds, Alberta (town) 6,300 4,618 +36.42%
Marieville, Quebec (ville) 10,094 7,527 +34.10%

Largest decreases, 2006–2011

The following is a list of the 15 census subdivisions in Canada with a population of 5,000 or greater that experienced the largest percentage of population decreases between the 2006 and 2011 censuses as published by Statistics Canada.[2]

Subdivision Population (2011) Population (2006) Change (2006–2011)
Unorganized Thunder Bay District, Ontario (unorganized) 5,909 6,585 −10.27%
Inverness, Subdivision A, Nova Scotia (subdivision) 5,280 5,859 −9.88%
Hearst, Ontario (town) 5,090 5,620 −9.43%
Lac La Biche County, Alberta (municipal district) 8,402 9,123 −7.90%
Kitimat, British Columbia (district municipality) 8,335 8,987 −7.25%
Dryden, Ontario (city) 7,617 8,195 −7.05%
Digby, Nova Scotia (municipal district) 7,463 7,986 −6.55%
Shippagan, New Brunswick (parish) 5,032 5,370 −6.29%
Clare, Nova Scotia (municipal district) 8,319 8,813 −5.61%
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (town) 6,761 7,162 −5.60%
The Blue Mountains, Ontario (town) 6,453 6,825 −5.45%
Kings, Subdivision D, Nova Scotia (subdivision of county municipality) 5,201 5,499 −5.42%
Brock, Ontario (township) 11,341 11,979 −5.33%
Annapolis, Subdivision A, Nova Scotia (subdivision of county municipality) 6,008 6,342 −5.27%
La Tuque, Quebec (ville) 11,227 11,821 −5.02%

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References

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